#16408F#16408F

#16408F is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 39.3% C 0.139 H 261.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16408F
RGB	rgb(22, 64, 143)
HSL	hsl(219, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(219, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.6%, 55.2%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.95, 17.02, -47.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.95, 50.67, 289.62°)
OKLab	oklab(39.34% -0.0205 -0.1377)
OKLCH	oklch(39.34% 0.139 261.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.1204, 5.8197, 26.7293)
Luminance	0.0582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16408F #8F6516

analogous

#167C8F #16408F #29168F

triadic

#16408F #8F1640 #408F16

tetradic

#16408F #8F167C #8F6516 #168F29

square

#16408F #8F167C #8F6516 #168F29

split-complementary

#16408F #8F2916 #7C8F16

monochromatic

#061125 #0E285A #16408F #1E58C4 #3E77E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.70

#16408F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.16

#16408F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16408F

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16408F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16408F	1.00	9.70	2.16	9.70
#FFFFFF	9.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004A92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005461

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16408f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 64, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.3% 0.139 261.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a74b0',
    500: '#16408f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16408f;
$custom-light: #6a74b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16408f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 219.174,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39337,
    "c": 0.13924,
    "h": 261.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16408F

secondary

#C1943F

accent

#B038F0

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#ECEDF5

border

#C7C8CF

text

#080811

muted

#7A7B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #16408F

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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